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@Tutanota@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

🚨 WARNING: Google is trying to force you into using #Gemini AI on Android in #Gmail, #WhatsApp & other apps - hijacking your data for "AI training"

This is opted in by default – so check your Settings to opt out.

Here’s how: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android

Screenshot of the email Google sent with a headline "We've made it easier for Gemini to interact with your device" next to text, "NO THANKS! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android on the Tuta blog."

bananabob :tinoflag:

@bananabob@mastodon.nz replied · 2 months ago

@joeress Heads up, based on your last podcast.

Simón Saturno 🪐

@simonjpaladinus@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota Sin la app de gemini puedes hacer esto:

-Ir a la app de google.
-Dar click en tu foto de perfil.
-Ir a configuración.
-Ir a asistente de google.
-Ir a asistentes digitales de google (elegir entre asistente de google y gemini).
-Elegir el asistente de google en vez de gemini.

-Ir de nuevo a la seccion de asistente de google.
-Ir a la parte de "Tus Apps".
-Ir a la parte de Whatsapp.
-Desactivar: "Permitir que asistente aprenda de esta app" y "Permitir que asistente elija esta app".

Ronnie

@RonniesaurusHex@disabled.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota
Disabled it, but no luck uninstalling. Can't afford a pixel so graphineOS isn't an option.

Really fed up of privacy being limited to people with money and tech skills. There needs to be a way for everybody to have privacy.

BardMoss the Bodhi Linux Guy

@zaivala@hostux.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota
I have a OnePlus Nord N30. I do not see a Gemini app on this phone. Are you certainly won't install it through a so-called upgrade?

Ramón Corominas

@tinitun@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota Si realmente llegamos a tener una IA general creo que lo primero que va a hacer esa IA es no querer trabajar 🤔

Solinvictus :vm:

@dminca@mastodontech.de replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota oh ffs

GIF

highly principled invertebrate

@BrahmaBelarusian@todon.eu replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota This will just add to my list of reasons to stop attempting to use smartphones completely. My medical issues make them problematic at best to use & the devices just keep getting worse, as do my medical conditions albeit at a far slower rate than the devices, OSs & software.

Drew Crecente (they/them)

@crecente@games.ngo replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota

⭐ Protip:
If you have a Google Workspace account, the Admin can turn OFF Gemini for ALL of its users. That's what we did for our nonprofit org's users.

🌐 https://support.google.com/a/answer/14571493

#Google #gemini #AI #consent #privacy

Knightmare

@LanceJZ@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota You can bypass it by using a 3rd party app to access your email.

Fabien

@fabienmarry@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota @NotTheLBCGuy seems it’s worse than enabled by default, it’s actively overriding your decision to switch it off.

Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@fabienmarry @NotTheLBCGuy Exactly.

Bart-Jan Vrielink

@bartjan@mastodon.nl replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota I guess this is country dependent? I can't find any Gemini app on my Pixel 8, but I am in Europe.

G 🇮🇹

@ranx@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota I disabled Gemini since I first started my Galaxy S24 and it is still disabled

Ɖσмιиιc ✝

@dominic@social.pureheart.page replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota Thank you Tuta. That is why you're the best.

Scotty Trees

@scottytrees@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota I use an iPhone, so I guess I don't have to do anything 😉

Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@scottytrees Don't hold your breath! They could do something similar too. 😉

Ivan Todorov

@ivantodorov@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota gotta love the wording - We've mad it easier for Gemini to interact 😂 Lol...

mikeTesteLinuxQlub

@mikeTesteLinuxQlub@qlub.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota On all android devices?, did a quick check and don't have that thing installed, maybe my phone doesn't have it preinstalled?

The Tired Horizon

@tiredhorizon@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota I thought WhatsApp was meta?

Darth Depro

@MineMcG@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota
Link don't work

J_Peregrine

@J_Peregrine@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota
How to disable ai anywhere ?

Mario

@mariob@liberdon.com replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota on a Linux phone you do not have to worry about things like this.

Net Gremlin 🚴🏻 🐧 🇩🇪

@net_gremlin@mastodon.ip6.li replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota Delete your #Google and #Meta Accounts. Buy Google Pixel phone and install @GrapheneOS on it.

gator Mator

@gatorMator@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota Thank you! Sent to a friend on Pixel

lbnvds

@lbnvds@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@Tutanota We really, really, really, need to have regulations that force AI to self-disclose in the content it generates. But also, have devices explicitly say your content is being tracked to train a model.

Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@lbnvds Agreed!

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